Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog
Date: 2016-08-29 16:09:24
Message-ID: 20160829160924.26nt7vq3jb4sjqez@alap3.anarazel.de
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On 2016-08-29 12:07:51 -0400, David Steele wrote:
> >> pg_replslot -> pg_tmp/pg_repslot
> >
> > That's most certainly not ephemeral. Just because something isn't
> > generally appropriate on a standby, doesn't, by far, mean it's ephemeral.
>
> Yes, ephemeral was a poor choice of words. I really meant "can be
> excluded from backups".

Then it most certainly can't be called pg_tmp, that'll just invite
people to rm -rf it. And then they'll be screwed.

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